compat-readline5

A library for editing typed command lines

The Readline library provides a set of functions that allow users to
edit command lines. Both Emacs and vi editing modes are available. The
Readline library includes additional functions for maintaining a list
of previously-entered command lines for recalling or editing those
lines, and for performing csh-like history expansion on previous
commands.

/usr/share/doc/compat-readline5-5.2/README

Introduction
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This is the Gnu Readline library, version 5.2.
The Readline library provides a set of functions for use by applications
that allow users to edit command lines as they are typed in. Both
Emacs and vi editing modes are available. The Readline library includes
additional functions to maintain a list of previously-entered command
lines, to recall and perhaps reedit those
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/usr/share/doc/compat-readline5-5.2/NEWS

This is a terse description of the new features added to readline-5.2 since
the release of readline-5.1.
1. New Features in Readline
a. Calling applications can now set the keyboard timeout to 0, allowing
poll-like behavior.
b. The value of SYS_INPUTRC (configurable at compilation time) is now used as
the default last-ditch startup file.
c. The history file reading functions now al
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/usr/share/doc/compat-readline5-5.2/CHANGES

This document details the changes between this version, readline-5.2,
and the previous version, readline-5.1.
1. Changes to Readline
a. Fixed a problem that caused segmentation faults when using readline in
callback mode and typing consecutive DEL characters on an empty line.
b. Fixed several redisplay problems with multibyte characters, all having to
do with the different code paths
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